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Welcome to Poplar Grove ...

Poplar Grove is located in Owen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poplar Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

A typical abbreviation for Poplar Grove: Poplar Grv.

Poplar Grove is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Poplar Grove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Poplar Grove: 502

Communities Also Named Poplar Grove ...

While we believe that this Poplar Grove is located in Owen County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Poplar Grove. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fleming and McLean County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 34 communities that are also named Poplar Grove - they are located in Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Louisiana (2), Maryland, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee (8), Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Grove.

Communities near Poplar Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Poplar Grove.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Poplar Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Poplar Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Poplar Grove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Grove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Grove. See our Newspapers Page for Poplar Grove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar Grove ...

Looking for more information about Poplar Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Poplar Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Poplar Grove.

Adding Poplar Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Poplar Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Poplar Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Poplar Grove post office opened in 1838.

We also found Poplar Grove in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poplar Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Owen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poplar Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/